Kanji

形

Meaning

shape form and style

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • かた ぎ disposition
  • かた み memento (esp. of a deceased person)
  • あと かた trace
  • こ がた small-sized
  • て がた draft
  • まる がた round shape
  • かたち づくる to form
  • かたち だけ merely for form's sake
  • かお かたち features
  • み なり dress
  • なり すがた appearance
  • ゆみ なり bow shape

On'yomi

  • けい しき form (as opposed to substance)
  • けい せい formation
  • だえん けい elliptical shape
  • にん ぎょう つかい puppet operator
  • あやつりにん ぎょう puppet
  • にん ぎょう じょうるり Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/7

Related Entries

形 かた
shape, form, style, security, ...
形 なり
style, way, shape, form, appea...
形 けい
form, adjective, i-adjective (...
形 かたち
form, shape, figure, visage

Component Analysis

形
shape, form, style
かた, -がた, ケイ
开
( 幵 ) open, initiate, begin...
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
廾
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
にじゅう, キョウ, ク
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
彡
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン, セン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ

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